Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València-Universitat de València, Camino de Vera s/n, E46022 València, Spain.
Departamento de Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, E46022 València, Spain.
Dalton Trans. 2023 Dec 12;52(48):18464-18472. doi: 10.1039/d3dt02593d.
Colloidal lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are highly luminescent materials with great promise as fluorescent probes in biosensing as long as their intrinsic instability in aqueous media is effectively addressed. In this study, we successfully prepared stable and multicolored CsPbX@SiO (X = Cl/Br, Br and I) core-shell nanoparticles through a simple method based on the water-induced transformation of CsPbX into CsPbX, combined with sol-gel procedures. We observed that the concentration of the CsPbX precursor plays a crucial role in the formation of isolated nanospheres with uniform silica coating and in controlling the number of core-free particles. Furthermore, our research expands this approach to other halide compositions, resulting in multicolored core-shell nanoparticles with emission wavelengths ranging from 490 to 700 nm, average sizes below 30 nm, and photoluminescence quantum yields close to 60%. Unlike in previous reports, the silica coating boosts the photoluminescence quantum yields compared to uncoated counterparts and provides increased structural stability for more than four days. Moreover, a controlled thermal treatment confers water stability to the as-synthesized nanoparticles. To establish the feasibility of the developed materials as fluorescent probes, we successfully demonstrated their specific recognition of a humanized antibody (omalizumab) used in treating patients with severe allergic asthma. This work paves the way to develop tests using CsPbX@SiO core-shell nanoparticles as fluorogenic probes.
胶体卤化铅钙钛矿纳米晶体是一种高度发光的材料,具有作为荧光探针在生物传感中应用的巨大潜力,只要它们在水介质中的固有不稳定性得到有效解决。在这项研究中,我们通过一种简单的方法成功制备了稳定的多色 CsPbX@SiO(X = Cl/Br、Br 和 I)核壳纳米粒子,该方法基于 CsPbX 在水中转化为 CsPbX,结合溶胶-凝胶工艺。我们观察到 CsPbX 前体的浓度在形成具有均匀二氧化硅涂层的孤立纳米球和控制无核颗粒数量方面起着至关重要的作用。此外,我们的研究将这种方法扩展到其他卤化物组成,得到了发射波长范围为 490 至 700nm、平均尺寸小于 30nm 且光致发光量子产率接近 60%的多色核壳纳米粒子。与以前的报道不同,与未涂层的相比,二氧化硅涂层提高了光致发光量子产率,并为超过四天的时间提供了更高的结构稳定性。此外,受控的热处理赋予了合成的纳米粒子的水稳定性。为了建立所开发材料作为荧光探针的可行性,我们成功地证明了它们对用于治疗严重过敏性哮喘患者的人源化抗体(奥马珠单抗)的特异性识别。这项工作为使用 CsPbX@SiO 核壳纳米粒子作为荧光探针开发测试铺平了道路。